Sen. William Borah

Former Senator from Idaho

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1937-1941	Senator	Idaho
1931-1936	Senator	Idaho
1925-1931	Senator	Idaho
1907-1925	Senator	Idaho

Voting Record

From Mar 1908 to Nov 1939, Borah missed 1,315 of 5,262 roll call votes, which is 25.0%. This is worse than the median of 14.5% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Nov 1939. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1908 Mar-May	49	9	18.4%	0^th
1909 Jan-Mar	34	3	8.8%	0^th
1909 Apr-Aug	126	17	13.5%	0^th
1910 Jan-Feb	7	2	28.6%	50^th
1910 Mar-May	36	2	5.6%	0^th
1910 Jun-Jun	41	5	12.2%	0^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	50	4	8.0%	0^th
1911 May-Aug	91	22	24.2%	0^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	34	2	5.9%	0^th
1912 Apr-Jul	101	24	23.8%	33^rd
1912 Aug-Aug	50	6	12.0%	33^rd
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	109	38	34.9%	60^th
1913 Apr-Jul	38	8	21.1%	71^st
1913 Aug-Nov	109	44	40.4%	71^st
1913 Dec-Dec	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	58	15	25.9%	57^th
1914 Mar-May	58	16	27.6%	43^rd
1914 Jun-Aug	119	52	43.7%	71^st
1914 Sep-Oct	64	41	64.1%	71^st
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	117	67	57.3%	71^st
1913 Mar-Mar	5	5	100.0%	67^th
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	40	6	15.0%	38^th
1916 Mar-May	105	26	24.8%	50^th
1916 Jun-Aug	86	25	29.1%	50^th
1916 Sep-Sep	13	10	76.9%	88^th
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	156	35	22.4%	50^th
1917 Apr-Jun	60	9	15.0%	43^rd
1917 Jul-Sep	103	8	7.8%	36^th
1917 Oct-Oct	9	9	100.0%	86^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	15	44.1%	86^th
1918 Mar-May	54	14	25.9%	29^th
1918 Jun-Aug	42	7	16.7%	36^th
1918 Sep-Nov	18	7	38.9%	64^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	54	19	35.2%	57^th
1919 May-Jul	31	8	25.8%	81^st
1919 Aug-Oct	31	5	16.1%	50^th
1919 Nov-Nov	78	4	5.1%	69^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	53	23	43.4%	76^th
1920 Mar-May	101	19	18.8%	59^th
1920 Jun-Jun	19	4	21.1%	71^st
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	87	16	18.4%	47^th
1921 Apr-Jun	64	13	20.3%	65^th
1921 Jul-Sep	39	13	33.3%	65^th
1921 Oct-Nov	89	39	43.8%	65^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	40	14	35.0%	72^nd
1922 Mar-May	199	82	41.2%	59^th
1922 Jun-Aug	211	77	36.5%	47^th
1922 Sep-Sep	15	5	33.3%	41^st
1922 Nov-Nov	13	6	46.2%	67^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	71	26	36.6%	72^nd
1921 Mar-Mar	1	1	100.0%	53^rd
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	54	10	18.5%	65^th
1924 Mar-May	85	13	15.3%	65^th
1924 Jun-Jun	18	3	16.7%	78^th
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	77	14	18.2%	64^th
1926 Jan-Feb	59	23	39.0%	88^th
1926 Mar-May	51	8	15.7%	43^rd
1926 Jun-Jul	38	8	21.1%	61^st
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	75	23	30.7%	88^th
1925 Mar-Mar	11	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1927-May 1928	122	13	10.7%	52^nd
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	66	25	37.9%	80^th
1929 May-Jun	36	6	16.7%	70^th
1929 Sep-Sep	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1929 Oct-Nov	55	2	3.6%	20^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	99	7	7.1%	26^th
1930 Mar-May	139	19	13.7%	45^th
1930 Jun-Jul	22	7	31.8%	68^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	61	12	19.7%	65^th
1930 Jul-Jul	9	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	63	6	9.5%	36^th
1932 Mar-May	88	19	21.6%	67^th
1932 Jun-Jul	60	20	33.3%	79^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	62	16	25.8%	78^th
1933 Mar-Jun	92	18	19.6%	83^rd
1934 Jan-Jun	120	21	17.5%	69^th
1933 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Jan-Mar	37	3	8.1%	57^th
1935 Apr-Jun	49	13	26.5%	91^st
1935 Jul-Aug	46	7	15.2%	73^rd
1936 Jan-Jun	59	11	18.6%	66^th
1937 Jan-Mar	19	1	5.3%	39^th
1937 Apr-Jun	21	1	4.8%	14^th
1937 Jul-Aug	31	3	9.7%	59^th
1937 Nov-Dec	22	2	9.1%	40^th
1938 Jan-Jun	81	24	29.6%	81^st
1939 Jan-Mar	16	4	25.0%	88^th
1939 Apr-Jun	36	13	36.1%	85^th
1939 Jul-Aug	41	10	24.4%	78^th
1939 Oct-Nov	20	3	15.0%	85^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Sen. William Borah [R-ID, 1937-1941] leaves office as Senator from Idaho

Jan 03, 1941

Elections and Offices

Sen. William Borah [R-ID, 1937-1941] takes office as Senator from Idaho

Jan 05, 1937

Elections and Offices

Sen. William Borah [R-ID, 1937-1941] leaves office as Senator from Idaho

Jun 20, 1936

Elections and Offices

Sen. William Borah [R-ID, 1937-1941] takes office as Senator from Idaho

Dec 07, 1931

Elections and Offices

Sen. William Borah [R-ID, 1937-1941] leaves office as Senator from Idaho

Mar 03, 1931